Pettibone, M.H. (1991). Polynoids commensal with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, with a new genus, new combinations and new species (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 104(4): 688-713.
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Pettibone, M.H.
1991
Polynoids commensal with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, with a new genus, new combinations and new species (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae)
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
Some commensal polynoids, living in close association with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, are referred to a new genus, Gorgoniapolynoe including Polynoe caeciliae Fauvel, Harmothoe corralophila Day, Polynoe uschakovi Britayev, and five new species (G. bayeri, G. cairnsi, G. galapagensis, G. muzikae, G. pelagica). The polynoids invade the corals, resulting in galls and tunnels for the passage of the worms. The anterior few elytral pairs of the polynoids are modified. An additional bathypelagic polynoid from off Bermuda (North Atlantic Ocean), showing the same type of modified elytra, is also included as a new species in the genus.
Associations, Symbiosis, Commensalism (parasitism see *PAR)
Systematics, Taxonomy
